* Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>, 2011-03-01, 21:01:
So it seems to me that "dpkg-buildpackage -B" ought to be taught to run the equivalent of debian/rules build-arch if test "$?" = 2 then debian/rules build fi
make exits with code 2 "if any errors were encountered". So no, this approach cannot be used.
-- Jakub Wilk